"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[franksnb]

Yep I had that issue with 1306, and to a lesser extent 1104 on my P5Q Pro. My solution? I upgraded my old 1004 mBIOS to include recent tweaks\changes and went with that, all is good again I noticed the reason for the system not fully shutting down was because of LLC, disable it and viola problem goes away..

Hi Ket thanks for the tip, one question though whats LLC?

cheers

[CryptiK]

LLC = load line calibration (the setting that eliminates vdroop)

[NBF]

I guess with that card he could just use it in the 8x slot?

After a few more hours of poking aorund my DFI board I'm coming up empty handed... If I get this board and an E0 Quad Q9650 would I have a decent shot at 4GHZ under water (including the mosfets?)

My DFI board or my C1 stepping CPU can't seem to do more than 400 FSB. Although at 400 FSB I'm prime and 50 iteration burn test stable #3200mhz on my Q9450 with only GTL tweaks. I'm going to try flashing the bios again...
If I fail, I will probably be picking up this board and selling what I have.

But I need to know if this board will clock well with the 8GB of ram in my Sig.
G.Skill DDR2 1100 PC2 8800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231195
Great reviews huh? But it might be PEBCAK, since the same memory with only 2 sticks has 100% 5 star reviews?

Is it that none of the MB's out can achieve 500 FSB with 8GB of ram in them?

This kit works awesome with this board.

I don't have 8Gb of it, but you should be able to clock 8Gb of it near de original specs with sligth bump in VNB and Vmem, maybe you will need to loose tRFC a bit also.

[franksnb]

LLC = load line calibration (the setting that eliminates vdroop)

thanks, duh sorry

turned LLC off in the bios and it doesn't help. I do have the 'six engine' program running, can that override the bios?

[radaja]

@cryptik yeah im not using occt to read voltages i was just curious as to what they were. i tried lowering vPLL and vFSB but nothing changed . i had my PLL@1.56 and tried 1.50 in bios but occt didnt change also when i ran occt the one that is 1.16 drops down to 1.09/1.10. thanks for your help

[Big Lar]

@cryptik yeah im not using occt to read voltages i was just curious as to what they were. i tried lowering vPLL and vFSB but nothing changed . i had my PLL@1.56 and tried 1.50 in bios but occt didnt change also when i ran occt the one that is 1.16 drops down to 1.09/1.10. thanks for your help

Well, pretty much like has been stated, the board does not "appear" to have the ability to monitor certain voltages, however, given the volts you show, ie; 1.16- 1.09/1.10, would appear to maybe be Southbridge voltage range.

Larry

[JohnLoph]

great thank CryptiK

[jagt]

I'm considering this board, and I'm wondering if the two orange SATA ports can be used with two HDD's without using RAID? Since the port behind the 90 degree angled one can't be used when a large graphics card is installed, this is sort of important for me.

[kiikkuja]

Well, pretty much like has been stated, the board does not "appear" to have the ability to monitor certain voltages, however, given the volts you show, ie; 1.16- 1.09/1.10, would appear to maybe be Southbridge voltage range.

Larry

I think it could be NB or FSB termination voltage. The SB has only couple of settings 1.10-1.40 and the increments are 0.10 volts. Atleast in 1306 BIOS they are. The 1.66V could be CPU PLL Voltage as it looks like it could fit in the envelope or it could be the NB.

[ThugsRook]

I'm considering this board, and I'm wondering if the two orange SATA ports can be used with two HDD's without using RAID?

no, even if you could the SI controller is horrible.

[jagt]

no, even if you could the SI controller is horrible.

That's a bit of a bummer. I read in a review somewhere that you could, but I wouldn't know. Is there any way to use that port behind the 90 degree port? I sort of need 6 SATA ports.

[ThugsRook]

some pics of the SATA ports....
cant quite tell if #6 is usable, doesnt look like it.

For those that are questioning the S-ATA ports, here are two pictures with my 8800GTX in the case :

[jagt]

Hmm... maybe if you force a 90 degree cable in there. Though it may look like the ram slots are in the way for that. If anyone could try and see if it's possible to squeeze a cable in there, I would grealy appreciate it!

[Kartoff]

some pics of the SATA ports....
cant quite tell if #6 is usable, doesnt look like it.

No it's completely usable but u need just to cut some of the connector and all will be ok... I do this because i had 8 HDD...

[truehighroller]

They have duplicated my issue WOOT!! I am waiting for them to see what the issue is now they think it is driver related but I changed the drivers to be the right ones because Vista installs ICH9 drivers by default and I installed the ICH10 drivers my self and it still happens so, I told the guy that info and he is looking into it as well as his boss as this point.. I am so happy now it has been duplicated and I am not crazy any more...

[jagt]

No it's completely usable but u need just to cut some of the connector and all will be ok... I do this because i had 8 HDD...

Thanks for that! Are you using the two orange ports too then? If so, are they set in RAID, or are you able to use the ports without RAID? Thanks!

[CryptiK]

Well you can plug a 90* sata plug into it, just tried for you as my board is ready to be RMA'd, it does clear the dimm slots. the cable routing may look ugly but it should be ok.

[Kartoff]

Thanks for that! Are you using the two orange ports too then? If so, are they set in RAID, or are you able to use the ports without RAID? Thanks!

Yes i use orange ports but not in RAID... I install a driver for controller and HDD work fine separately... Also because of small amount of SATA ports all used for HDD i use eSATA port for DVD with eSATA to SATA cable

[jagt]

That's great news. Thanks guys! I have 6 SATA harddrives and 1 eSATA harddrive, and I would hate to lose one of them. Guess I can go ahead and order myself this board now..

[Nano74]

so....1402 is worse than 1306 for OC and stability??

[Isaac MM]

Is it true that this board is not good for quads?

Also, does it have 2.0 x16 PCI-E?

[Justintoxicated]

This kit works awesome with this board.

I don't have 8Gb of it, but you should be able to clock 8Gb of it near de original specs with sligth bump in VNB and Vmem, maybe you will need to loose tRFC a bit also.

Hmmm, I'm Still kinda worried since it would be a huge waste of cash if it did not, esp looking at the reviews on newegg and my personaly experience with this memory and x48 chipset.

I can run 3400MHZ stable with only 4GB, but as soon as I add another 4Gb I become unstable in burn test. This is at only 425 FSB, causing me to back it down to 400FSB and 3200 MHZ if I want to run all 8 GB of memory. It SHOULD work with 8GB on this board as well, but I was not able to get it to. I didn't play with the mem timings because it SHOULD be able to run at regular listed speeds at only 425 MHZ since its rated for these speeds at 500FSB as a "kit".... I'll have to wait till someone tries all 8 GB of this stuff, im not wasting anymore money until It is verified the P45 chipset (and this board in particular) plays nice with 8GB, or at least nicer than the X48 chipset.

[Nano74]

Is it true that this board is not good for quads?

Also, does it have 2.0 x16 PCI-E?

is not tru e men, i reach 4ghz totally stable with 1,33v in bios prime stable and gaming mode but no good for 24/7 for sure.

[Big Lar]

They have duplicated my issue WOOT!! I am waiting for them to see what the issue is now they think it is driver related but I changed the drivers to be the right ones because Vista installs ICH9 drivers by default and I installed the ICH10 drivers my self and it still happens so, I told the guy that info and he is looking into it as well as his boss as this point.. I am so happy now it has been duplicated and I am not crazy any more...

Temporary Insanity is better then just insane J/K I am happy for you as it seems this has been a problem for a long time with your setup

Larry

[truehighroller]

Temporary Insanity is better then just insane J/K I am happy for you as it seems this has been a problem for a long time with your setup

Larry

True . I know right, long time... Thank you,